Passenger Door 1/2" pushed in

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Apr 2, 2011 | 02:59 PM

bobbo489

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Passenger Door 1/2" pushed in

Ok, so I just noticed a couple weeks ago that my passengers side door is about 1/2" offset from the front quarter panel. What I mean is it looks like it was pushed in, yet I can't find anywhere on the door or the hinge that shows it being moved/damaged/dented in. It runs the entire height of the door on the front side only. There doesn't seem to be any rub spots, so I am confused as to what could have caused this. Any ideas would be helpful, and once I get back to the states from this deployment I am on I will do more investigating.

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Apr 2, 2011 | 05:25 PM

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Your fender is probably popped out from someone jacking it up by the mounting tabs underneath the car, which is very common. Have any pics?

Apr 2, 2011 | 05:56 PM

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If I'm reading this correctly I had the same problem. Open the door and look behind the hinge and see if you can spot a bolt that's holding the front qtr panel and loosen it. You can push the panel in some then tighten the bolt to keep it in place.

Apr 2, 2011 | 06:07 PM

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Your fender is probably popped out from someone jacking it up by the mounting tabs underneath the car, which is very common. Have any pics?

I will see if someone who is watching my stuff can take a pic and send it to me. I am currently deployed for some stupid stuff going on and don't really know when I will get back.

Apr 2, 2011 | 07:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyelf

Your fender is probably popped out from someone jacking it up by the mounting tabs underneath the car, which is very common. Have any pics?

I think this might be the case too. I had the same problem here, from this pic (cheap fix, think it was about $50 for a body shop to bend the panel back and redo the mount).

Sorry the pic's so big, but it's the only one I have on photobucket that shows what I mean.

Apr 2, 2011 | 07:33 PM

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$50?? Too much. Just unbolt the two bolts on the bottom of the fender and tap the metal over. maybe use a 2x4 and a hammer... like I did. haha.

Apr 3, 2011 | 06:55 AM

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My door looks almost exactly like 99FormulaM6r's except the bottom trim panel isn't pushed in and the entire door where it swings is in 1/2". I guess when I get back to the US I will take it to a body shop to see if they can find out what it it.